21 Centrale Partners won the “France & Benelux Deal of Year” award for Digital Virgo at the 2017 Real Deals Private Equity Awards ceremony, held in London on April 19th. The widely-renowned ceremony, gathered more than 700 prestigious industry practitioners for its 17th edition to reveal its highly-prized symbols of recognition across the private equity world. Deal of the Year nominees were assembled following research carried out by Real Deals and Cass Business School, with support from Preqin data. Then, a selected judging panel of GPs chose the 2017 winners. Digital Virgo was also shortlisted among the 9 regional winners for the “Grand Prix Deal of the Year”. Gérard Pluvinet, Chairman of 21 Centrale Partners commented: “Digital Virgo was indeed a very successful deal. Alongside the founder Eric Peyre and the Management, 21 Centrale Partners managed to create high value and make the company grow sustainably to enter a brand new stage of development. The whole investment team is proud to win this award and sees this recognition as a crowning achievement.”